Outlook: Postman private
The Post Office is thinking of asking the new postal regulator if it can have a licence to operate in competition with itself in areas where its own staff cannot be relied on to get the mail through.
Read MoreYear: 2001
Muller foresees falling postal charges
Werner Muller, the German minister for the economy, has announced that the 2007 deadline for the ending of Deutsche Post’s monopoly for letter delivery could be shortened under certain conditions.
Read MoreLetter: Failure to deliver
Until a few weeks ago, my publishing company spent about pounds 14,000 a year on postage, split roughly 50-50 between Royal Mail and Parcelforce.
Read MoreGermany may privatise postal service before 2007
Germany may privatise the postal service Deutsche Post earlier than its planned 2007 date if European partners liberalize their postal services, Economy Minister Werner Mueller said in an interview Monday in the newspaper Die Welt.
Read MoreRed Star 'could have made profit' this year – Lynx still confident in rail
Lynx Express remains committed to rail despite last week’s closure of the Red Star operation it acquired in 1999. Together with TDG and GB Railfreight, the company is part of the Minimodal consortium which won £1m ( t1.6) in last year ‘s Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) competition designed to stimulate and incentivise innovative thinking about rail transport.
Read MoreUS Postal rate hikes: Lobby now or pay later
The USPS is in sorry shape and views postal rate hikes as its path to
profitability. Make no mistake: Further rate hikes will no doubt put some
direct marketing agencies and publishers, upon which the USPS relies for
most of its revenue, out of business
Donnelley opens Detroit mail center
Donnelley Logistics, the mail fulfillment arm of RR Donnelley and Sons Co,
has opened a sortation facility in Detroit, MI. The center will be used to
process various literature and packages and route these items to a nearby US Postal Service station or another sortation facility
Post Danmark Prepares for Future
Post Danmark Prepares for Future
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